1 Realignment

Tyler's mane flowed in the wind as he blazed through the city, scarfing down his new treat a freshly made cinnamon roll, in only a few chomps. Swallowing it basically whole, he proudly pounced forward with excitement, sugar already pushing through his body. "Have a good day my prince! I hope you enjoyed your breakfast!" Manil yelled from behind, waving after the young prince from his shop. Tyler waved back, but had no time to stick around and talk.

...Tyler had also slightly choked on his usual morning treat a little, but no one needed to know that. Looking back though, he could see Manil laughing to himself. The small prince winced a bit in embarrassment, realizing he had been gasping for air a lot louder than he thought.

Still, Tyler had to get moving. He was most definitely going to be late if he didn't, or worse, his dad and brothers would leave without him. There's no way he had forgotten what today was, of course he hadn't. Today was a day that everyone was talking about. He had even asked his brothers to wake him up early and everything. He leapt over a bit of stairs and kept forward, growing faster as he kept his momentum up. The stone road glimmered with polish as the Royal rushed on top of it, the sun high and glowing for the world below.

Of course, his brothers didn't wake Tyler up early. They didn't wake him up at all. He had actually SLEPT IN today, which he had never done before; and was absolutely unacceptable.

(YESTERDAY)

"Relax bro." Rex said.

"Get some extra sleep in pal, you'll be fine." Darvent chuckled.

"No way, I wanna get super early like you guys." Tyler said, determined.

"Warriors need sleep Tyler."Rex commented.

"But not too much sleep!" The young cub argued. "Dad says that all the time and you know it!"

"Fine, but if you're too tired, go back to sleep." Rex said, folding his arms with a smile.

"Fine, just remember to wake me up okay?"

(TODAY)

They didn't remember, which infuriated Tyler. Infuriated, aggravated, and every other word for straight making someone mad. He didn't even get his "Up On Time" hot chocolate that his dad would make because of this little 'incident,' but there was no way Tyler was missing out on this. No matter him being deprived of chocolate or not, he would be on time, that he simply had to be! He had waited for this day since the day he learned about it! Which was about a week or two ago, but still! He was happy, ready for the chance it would bring.

To Tyler, who wouldn't be? Today was the day he was going to meet his brother. One he didn't even know he had until that day his Father had his first Kingly Meeting quite unexpectedly. When their Ciphors first reached out to them. On that day, the sun set a bit differently, and something was amiss. The air howled in and blew through the castle with no end.

Tyler's entire family all had horrible headaches that day, and he was trying to help his mother take care of everyone. They thought everyone was sick, but neither Felix, the 6th prince, nor his mother could figure out what it was. Even Tyler's father had been affected, him the most out of everyone. He was delirious, and could barely speak, his fever running off like no tomorrow. Tyler was close to crying, he didn't know what to do and thought something horrible was going to happen; that he was going to lose his father.

And then, through their royal doors came in answers and stories of something they simply didnt remember. Ever sense, Tyler had been asking his father and the Ciphors all about him. About his lost brother Shin, and how they would get him back.

From what Tyler gathered, Shin was their ACTUAL seventh prince; making Tyler the eighth, which he was not used to strangely. He had gotten used to being lucky number seven, but this was still fine with him. It didnt really matter to the youngest, he would be a great prince all the same! He just wanted to meet the one who actually had that title of Seventh Prince. Especially after what Alexander, one of Tyler's Ciphors, had described to him.

"Your brother was a friend like no other!" Alexander had told Tyler. "He was my second Party Member, my best friend, and a skilled Royal unlike any other. He wielded a sharp white sword with red stripes, and was loyal on top of his good sense of pride."

Shin sounded a lot like Maximus to Tyler, who was the oldest of the brothers, but with a bit more. Nothing against Maximus, Tyler still loved him, but it was like having two of your favorite ice creams, and one had your favorite toppings. The other one is still good, but you kinda need that one with the toppings.

As Tyler suddenly began to crave actual ice cream, he snapped himself out of his trance, just barely missing a few citizens simply going about their day. He had to stay focused, he couldn't afford to slow down or get caught up in an accident. His cape would have most certainly slowed him down and hit someone if he had taken it with him, though he never wore it anyway. As the wind bounced on his face, uninterrupted, Tyler thought of his brothers potentially leaving him behind. Within Tyler's mind, he could hear it in his own mind.

The vision of Tyler arriving just in time to see them take off. "Bye Tyler!!! We're off to have an epic battle with Shin, we'll be back in a few years!!! Make sure to do all the boring stuff like water all the plants forever!"

"No wait!!!" Tyler would yell, but it would be too late, and he would be stuck waiting for the rest of eternity. Or at least, the eternity it would be until they got home with the contestants.

Tyler kept up his constant speed all the same however, as to not accidentally ram into a wall, his pawed feet quickly reaching to the grassy area and tall forest from the patterned pavement of the town just on its outskirts. The ground bridging common folk to the ground of Tyler's family, the Formal Royal Family, was soon left behind in the eager child's smile as he approached his long time home. The guards were still plentiful, meaning none had left with his brothers and his father yet. He had made it, most likely just barely, as he continued to properly ensure he indeed had.

Trees swayed as the tall, towering white and deep purple and red castle stood strong. Not against the wind, or any disaster, but simply because it was strong enough for such, ready for anything to come seemingly. The place was alive to Tyler, as alive as the plants in its front yard, and the ones in his mother's garden. He couldn't help but smile as he returned into its warm shadow, taken into its sight and protection. He wouldn't be there long however, for Tyler had just barely made it in time for boarding of the ships, as he heard the engines hum on the other side of the castle.

The two guards in front of the tall reinforced door of the castle bowed, both dawned in black, shining royal armor with huge white stripes all over. They wore face guards which covered their entire snout and head, but let them breathe easily and allowed their manes to flow freely. Tyler had made it a point to know all of the guards, and knew these two the most.

"Welcome home Prince Tyler!" The one on the right said respectfully. This one's name was Summis, he was a fire elemental like Darvent, Tyler's third oldest brother. The sun necklace that he never parted with dangled and clanked quietly on his armor as he stood tall to open the door to the castle with his left hand, keeping a spear steady in his other in case anyone came close. "You're just in time for your brother's departure." Summis then knelt down and began whispering to Tyler, pointing out towards the Royal garden. "I would hurry if I were you little one."

As Summis stood, the guard on the left of the door, Silva, gave Tyler a thumbs up. "May you return with your brother safely my Royal." She said, her tone telling Tyler that despite feeling she should wish them good luck, she already knew deep down it would be okay. "We shall watch the castle in your stead, as always young one."

Tyler nodded and gave both of them a smile. "Thank you." With that, Tyler began bolting through the castle as the two guards returned to their watchful duties. The floor shined and reflected Tyler's deep blue fur, his snout, and his smile. Today was going to be a good day.

As he headed for the garden, Tyler passed the many rooms of the castle, soon to be filled with the many souls coming to Tyler's home. The Training Hall, Felix' spares labs, and basically all of their spare rooms would be constantly used. But he was open to this. After all, it didn't really bother him as long as in the end, he'd meet his brother. As long as that happened, like he deep down knew it would, it would be okay.

Finally, Tyler once again found himself outside, passing under a white and red gate, now surrounded by roses and violets. Beyond the garden and its many flowers, many from the planet they were soon to descend to, was a yard of ships prepped to hold many soldiers and warriors for space travel. And a ship for Tyler and his brother of course. Soldiers and guards were already making their way to the ships boarding them in single file huddled lines, with ships already in the air, ready to take off into the stars. While guards seemed silent, certain voices could be heard above the footsteps and marching. Not his brother's voices, but their teammates, their 'Party Members' that had decided to tag along with the Royals on this journey. It seemed obvious they would, Party Members go everywhere together, fight together, and basically become secondary family. Them NOT coming along would be weird.

Despite this though, Tyler couldn't see Alexander anywhere, which surprised him quite a bit. Tyler was sure he of all people would be there, but as he looked, he was nowhere to be seen. However, he didn't stay on this thought for long, as during this search, Tyler saw his brothers already getting on board their personal ship, fully dressed in Royal armor and attire. He had no time, and had been lost in thought for WAY too long. They could actually leave him if he's too slow, even though he's right there by the garden.

"Hey, hold on! I'm here!" Tyler shouted at the top of his lungs. His father, the last to board, looked over his shoulder to see Tyler running as fast as he could to not miss out on this occasion.

"Well look who made it!" Tyler's father said, giving his son a nod of respect. "I thought you would be staying home today little champ." Despite being a king, Tyler's father rarely, if ever, spoke with a more royal manner of speaking. He didn't need to. Even without his Royal attire, everyone knew who was king on this side. "You made it just in time Tyler, I'm waiting on the last check from Felix and we'll be off."

Rex, Tyler's second oldest brother, took a peak out of the ship's still open door soon after Tyler had caught his breath. "Dad, Felix says we're ready to go!" Before their father could respond, Rex realized Tyler was very much there. He gulped and quickly dashed back in, but Tyler had already seen him, and was ready to give his brothers some payback. "REEEEX!!!" Tyler rushed inside ready to pummel his brothers, with his father only laughing outside of the ship.

Tyler began chasing his brother, with the ship's passenger space being big enough for them to carry everyone they would soon need to, so running around with barely anyone inside was easy to do.

"You made me lose my morning Hot Chocolate!" Tyler screamed.

"Hey, come on, Tyler, give us a break! We didn't wanna wake you TOO early! " Rex shouted back. "You're only a kid Tyler!"

"A kid who's gonna kick your butt!"

"Tyler, it was for your own good!"

"MY HOT CHOCOLATE REX!"

Tyler then leaped onto Rex's back, beginning to pull on his brother's blue fur and mane. Rex made an audible pained noise, trying to get his little brother off of him. "Tyler come on, stop that!"

Darvent, Tyler's third oldest brother, began laughing at his older brother's dismay. This was a bad idea. This was a horrible idea. Tyler had somewhat forgotten, but Darvent was ALSO told to wake him up this morning, and did no such thing. Unintentionally, he had reminded and reawakened the rage of a 9 year old Royal within Tyler. Sense Rex was still moving, Tyler heaved on his hair to turn Rex square at Darvent, ramming Rex straight into Darvent. The red haired prince was quite winded, since he had stopped paying attention in his laughter. Rex was now close enough for Tyler to grab onto Darvent too, causing them both to fall over onto the ground, Tyler still pulling on their hair.

"HEY, IT'S NOT FUNNY WHEN IT'S ME! ONLY HIM!" Darvent squealed.

"To be fair, he did trust you to wake him up." Felix said snarkily, sitting down by the ship's main controls, half on his phone, and half watching Tyler exact his revenge. Mage and Mace nodded, the two twins sitting right above the chaos as Mage combed his purple mane a bit.

"Really Felix?" Darvent said, looking at him directly in the eye, sounding a bit snarky himself. "Cause a SOMEONE was on the castle cameras during our conversation, and only you are on those cameras around that hour." Tyler's head basically snapped to give a death bearing stare to his brother behind him, who strangely began patting down his yellow fur. "I have no comment on this statement actually."

As he said this, Tyler bit Felix, which caused him to shout as Darvent pulled him down, adding another victim to Tyler's seemingly endless rampage.

The only two remaining brothers were Mage and Mace, and they had seemingly not learned from their other brother's mistakes, laughing at the other's and Felix, who was still getting his fur pulled by Tyler's mouth, and still very vocal about how much it hurt.

"Tyler, are you biting my hair or my skull??? LET ME GO!!!"

Mace burst out laughing, falling to the floor, which led to Tyler grabbing him with his foot paw and pulling.

"No, NO!!!" Mace screamed, but it was too late. He had been locked in the same prison his brothers had. One left. All brothers looked at Mage, who was now laughing at his green twin's misfortune as well."Oh you wanna be a part of this too huh?" Mace grabbed Mage from his chair and forced him onto the ground, and with that, it was done. Tyler had captured all of his brothers in an endless cycle of pain. Revenge tasted good, unlike fur.

"Alright, that's enough boys." Their father called, finally stepping into the ship and being... slightly confused to say the least. Tyler begrudgingly let go of his captives, spitting a bit to make sure he didn't swallow any hair, his brothers each giving a sigh of relief after being saved by their father.

Tyler was a tad bit annoyed. He was forced to stop his utter beatdown of his older brothers, and though they had smiles NOW, he could feel their fear. Hopefully they had learned their lesson. No one messes with the Hot Chocolate. "Next time you do that, I won't be so forgiving." He said, confident he had taught them a thing or two. They all nodded, petting their hair to get the pain to stop. All except Felix, who also nodded when Tyler began reaching for his head again.

"Alright boys, get ready, we're about to take off soon."

Taking his seat, Tyler was excited all over again. Thoughts of all the things he'd end up doing with this new brother filled his head with fantasies. They would no doubt avenge his old death, and pay those who wronged him a good visit. The little Royal became excited to see his brother slice, dice, and generally be awesome, and became antsy in his chair.

His father had seen this, and chuckled with a big smile. "I guess you're ready to meet him, huh?" Tyler nodded intensely, getting a bit dizzy, but still being stable enough to buckle himself up. This time his father's chuckle became a full laugh, his brother's laughing with him, all with bright smiles. It had been awhile since they had been together, his brothers and father were so busy with everything after the Ciphors had come to visit. This was refreshing for Tyler, and once again he began thinking of Shin. He was ready for these kinds of moments to get even crazier, and even more fun. Though when Shin got home, he would need to grab two of his brothers with one hand if he was going to do this again.

"Alright, Felix start this baby up!" His father said, as Felix started to take the ship off of the ground, looking out to the sky outside of the huge front window. Tyler, however, looked over to the ship's empty hull, soon to be filled. So many faces that he wouldn't know. So many different people who grew up on a different world he basically knew nothing about. But one of them would be exactly who they were looking for. Who he was excited for. Who he was waiting to meet. And apparently, another could be even more important.

"All ships, time to head out!" Tyler's father shouted for the radio. all other ships began to rise as well. He once again turned back to look at Tyler and his brothers, and Tyler looked at them too. Everyone was boarded, everyone was ready. Tyler's father gave a proud smile to them all, before bringing the ship radio back up to his face.

"Alright then warriors! Next stop..!-"